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90 INTERNATIONAL Fishy Patterns Featuring a unique seafood restaurant by Italian architect Pierluigi Piu.

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Olivomare restaurant in London, designed by Italian architect Pierluigi Piu, uses a peculiar decorative language, referencing the marine world and environment. Text: Sharlene D’SouzaPhotographs: © Giorgio Dettori, © Architetto Pierluigi Piu

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A never- ending pattern of f ish and other aquatic l i fe is what frames the interiors of Olivomare, a restaurant located in Londons Belgravia

distric t. Ol ivomare is one of a handful of restaurants owned by the London-based brand Olivo; each having a unique menu. Olivomare offers an exclusive gourmet selection of seafood, which consequently became the main inspiration for its design. Designed by Ital ian designer Pierluigi Piu, the restaurant encompasses ever ything that resembles the sea—from a sequence of tubular luminescent tentacles evoking imager y of a stray shoal of jel lyf ish to sea anemones and cladding charactering sandy beach sur faces, even intricate branches of a coral reef that close in around visitors. Apar t from the formal and decorative language adopted with references to the marine world and environment, the décor is also meant to reflect the elegant simplicity of the menu.

Intentionally wanting to discern Olivomare from other stereotypical blue -themed seafood venues, the architect chose to clad the restaurant primari ly in white, completely void of blue. A sea of white has been used to enhance and l ink al l the elements together, f looding surrounding par ts, from walls to cei l ing, from the resin f loor to the Corian bar counter. Besides exuding a prist ine and contemporar y atmosphere, white, working in this environment as an undifferentiated neutral background, intentionally disappoints any predictable expectation for the colour blue.

1. Olivomare, a seafood restaurant in London, uses a peculiar decorative language, drawing references to the marine world and environment. In the picture is the main dining room with a bold accent wall of a condensed school of fish, the pattern inspired by artist M. C. Escher.

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2. The modern interior repeatedly uses patterns and textures that reference an underwater seascape. The wall of the lobby uses a white, diamond-shaped partition, reminiscent of fishing nets.

Light ing is sof t, indi rec t and ambient, l ike that of sunl ight as seen under water. L ight f lows down recessed edges in the ce i l ing, permeates through an overhead skyl ight and f i l ters bet ween the tentac le - l ike ce i l ing deta i l .

The most expl ic i t aquat ic re ference, undoubtedly, i s the wide wal l in the main d in ing room. I t i s completely covered by a large c ladding featur ing a pattern inspi red by the works of the v is ionar y ar t i s t M. C . Escher. Each por t ion of colour i s laser cut f rom of a sheet of opaque laminated plast ic and jux taposed on the ver t ica l sur face, exac t ly as i f i t were a huge j igsaw puzzle.

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Project : OlivomareLocation : LondonClient : Mauro Sanna – ‘Oliveto & Olivo’ LtdInterior design : Architetto Pierluigi Date of Completion : May 2007Structural engineer : Michael Blacker, Michael Blacker PartnershipLight consultant : Pedro Gaiolas Pinto, ISOMETRIX

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3. The white wavy relief evokes the sandy surface of the beach when moulded by the wind. 4. Drawing detail of the curved wavy wall.

The wall of the lobby uses a white, diamond-shaped par tit ion, reminiscent of f ishing nets. The small dining room at the rear is f looded by natural l ight, copiously gushing through a wide skyl ight in its roof. The cladding of its only continuous wall, which also includes a large cur ve is characterised by a wavy rel ief, meant to evoke the sandy sur face of a wind-moulded beach. This sur face has been f inished with a special paint providing a ‘peach skin’ effect (paint ‘Velvet,’ by GA NI Color, I taly). Addit ionally, to emphasise the sculptural quality this moulding, a continuous l inear l ight has been recessed into a perimetrical gap in the cei l ing. Last but not least, the bathroom area reinterprets a coral reef in large, scaled red patterning. The f loor of the whole premise is made of a s imple f low of industrial white opaque resin, while the skir t ing – when not jo ined to ver t ica l

sur faces through a r i s ing cur ve – is an ‘L’ shaped a luminium prof i le, recessed a long each wal l and step of s ta i rcase. This decorat ive pattern i s obta ined by engraving a double layer (white and red) of th ick opaque laminated plast ic g lued onto both wal l and ce i l ing; i ts entanglement, when combined with the ‘h idden’ doors giv ing access to the to i lets, adds a sense of momentar y d isor ientat ion to i ts aesthet ica l surpr ise.

Ins ide the to i lets, a wide f rameless mirror panel, f ixed at some distance f rom the wal l, s tands above the Cor ian made s inks and the taps, h id ing soap dispensers and e lec tr ic hand dr yers. The shop f ront has been redes igned in order to match the ex ist ing one at the adjacent premises – where the del icatessen shop Ol iv ino, that complements the

restaurant, is located – and i t has been painted aubergine, so that i t can hold a d ia logue e i ther with the grey ‘p ietra serena’ s labs of the ex ternal pavement and with the colour scheme of the inter iors.

Pierluigi thus successfully creates a restaurant which conveys its cuisine range through decorative language with obvious reference —but stands apar t from the mediocre representation.

5 & 6. Toilet lobby has an intricate design of the branches of a coral reef.

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